http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/firefox-4-windows-mockup-provides-5-ui-hints-of-things-to-come http://tech.peekbase.com/firefox-4-windows-mockup-provides-5-ui-hints-of-things-to-come#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:20:05 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/firefox-4-windows-mockup-provides-5-ui-hints-of-things-to-come December 23rd, 2009 Want a hint as to where Firefox will go next? As a product visual designer at Mozilla, Stephen Horlander is the kind of guy who can make things happen — so when he shares updates and mockups on Firefox 4’s user interface, we tend to pay attention. He outlines five portions of ... 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